As the world's attention focuses on recent sectarian violence in Nigeria, Unreported World provides an exclusive report on the events leading up to the latest round of bloodletting.

Reporter Peter Oborne and director Andy Wells were the only television journalists in the town of Jos in the immediate aftermath of a previous outburst of sectarian violence, which left 500 people dead. There, they uncover the truth about the convulsion of barbarism that is afflicting a country, and which is rapidly spiralling out of control.

Unreported World suggests that the explanation for the violence in terms of Muslim versus Christian is far too simplistic. This is a battle for land and power, with deep roots in ethnic rivalry. They also hear how, at best, the government has done little to keep the peace, and allegations that, at worst, the military are fuelling the conflict.

Though soldiers now patrol the streets of Jos and there is a 6pm curfew, Wells and Oborne soon discover that the crisis is far from over. Every day sees fresh flare-ups when Muslims and Christians try and return to their communities to rebuild houses and schools.

Arriving at the outlying village of Kuru Kamara, the scene of a reported massacre, the team discovers only devastation - burnt cars and houses, and empty streets. They meet a villager, Abdullah, who gives an account of the day of the massacre. He claims that three vanloads of Christian youths had arrived early in the morning from neighbouring villages armed with guns and machetes.

Abdulla shows Oborne a sewer that he claims had been filled with 30 dead and maimed bodies of young children from the age of six months to five years old. They are taken to a square where much of the killing took place. Every few yards there are black patches on the ground where human bodies were burnt alive. The team is told that 170 villagers were killed in total.

Some of the bodies were thrown down wells. Though many have been removed, some are still visible. Unreported World hears claims that the local police made no attempt to halt the killing, and that one local police officer joined in.

In an attempt to learn what happened, the team visits a hospital in the centre of Jos. Dr Golwa Philimon, a surgeon, tells them that there were 180 fatalities in his hospital alone. He says that the first batch of patients had suffered machete wounds, but that after approximately 12 hours the majority of fatalities were as a result of gunshot wounds apparently inflicted by army and police. Dr Golwa claims 'fake' security agents or men dressed as soldiers and police contributed to the killings.

Dr Philimon introduces Oborne to Joshua, a Christian who had arrived at the hospital two days earlier with gunshot wounds. The team travels to Joshua's village and learns that Joshua was the victim of a reprisal attack by Muslims from the neighbouring Felani tribe. They discover that Joshua's fellow villagers are living in constant fear as a result of daily attacks.

Back in Jos they visit a school that has been converted into a camp for displaced people. Muhammad Isa, a taxi driver, shows them round the camp then takes the team back to what was his home. His house has been destroyed and Oborne confronts Isa's neighbour, a pastor whose house was left intact. As the team leave, Mohammad begs the outside world for help, and in a prediction of what would follow just a week later, says that until someone intervenes, there will be more bloodshed.

As they leave the country, Oborne concludes that the killings have only just begun and that Nigeria may be about to embark on a bloody civil war.

relax guy, i just watched it me self.the story is same its just report from diff, angle.

What are you on about?Dropping 30 children from the age of six months to age 7 into a soak-away and covering it with stones is something i should relax about.I hope the most dangerous strain of EBOLA kill all the senators and the FEC members in Nigeria.

I hope the most dangerous strain of EBOLA kill all the senators and the FEC members in Nigeria.

same thing i want for them but me sitting in my south east residence you somewhere in the universe can kick our sofa 20x and curse on the internet, what have we achieved , nada.the situation in Nigeria need all our corncert ed efforts to route all rouge elements in our society frm south to the east and north.

same thing i want for them but me sitting in my south east residence you somewhere in the universe can kick our sofa 20x and curse on the internet, what have we achieved , nada.the situation in Nigeria need all our corncert ed efforts to route all rouge elements in our society frm south to the east and north.

Are these leaders teenagers?U mean our so called LEADERS who are supposed to know better dunno shyte and they need our efforts to ACT right?May thunder fire them from State to State.

Having lived in Nigeria for 10 years I understand the division of North and South not forgetting the East (Igbo Land) Biafra.Nigeria is the most ethnically opposed country in Africa and as the National Crest suggests sould be divided into North,South and East. The north Hausa/Fulani are traders and cattle people/farmers. The south Yoraba and afiliated tribes are the heart of the administration and banking and the east Igbo are the Managers and Engineers crafts men etc.Nigeria has many natural resources but jealousy,greed and corruption denies its full explotation. Nigeria has the potential to be Africas leader was it not for their inability to trust each other.Its so sad to read of Nigerias demise as the majority of its people are the salt of the earth.I say divide the counrty now and avoid genocide on a gigantic scale.- Jim, Durham, 2/4/2010 8:56

I lived and worked in Nigeria in the 70,s when General Obasanjo was in charge.Nigeria is a complete basket case and will never be any different, so please control Nigerian immigration to the UK, it,s their no.1 destination of choice because of our lax liberal way of life and open door policy,- Derek McDonaldd, Saigon, Vietnam., 2/4/2010 11:17

Whilst Jos is indeed on the cusp of the North/South Muslim/Christian divide, the Yoruba heartlands of the South West are also very much multi faith, so this has the potential to get very much worse. Some of the 'Christian' sects and churches would scarcely be recognisable to an English Anglican.Sadly the Police and the Army will revert to their tribal and religious groupings at an early stage in any conflict and I fear we may yet see an African Yugoslavia developing.- robineff, Lymington England, 2/4/2010 10:08

Nigeria, like Ireland,should split into two separate 'countries' North & South Christians in one-half; Muslims in the other, move everyone appropriately, END OF PROBLEM. And the same in Ireland with Catholics and Protestants. Only THEN, will these appalling situations come to an end! - And to think these vile things are all done ('once-more'), in the name-of 'RELIGION and 'GOD''!!!!!!!!!!- Tommy, Kiev., 2/4/2010 9:30

I am watching the schitzo on Channel 4 + 1 now. . . . .Nigeria is a disgrace. The open sore of the African Continent.

Goddang it. . . .This documentary has just exposed our so called LEADERS. . . . .I hope all of em die in a plane crash.

Abeg stop using the word when you refer to those scumbags incharge of that country.Some of things I saw in that programme were hard to stomach.Bloody cowards slaughtering defenseless little kids & babies.

Did you see the dead bodies they exhumed from that pit?Look at the way those men were talking about killing people. . . . .One of em said "I killed six". "We killed everybody".Jeeeeeeeeeeeeez!!!!!!!!!

Oh boy I see evrything ooo The scene in which the dude said 'I Killed Six' was used to promote the programme.I wasn't too sure and thought about giving it a miss but as soon as I saw the Promo I had to watch it.Imagine bragging infront of the camera that you killed six without any fear? I guess that's what the Lawless country called Nigeria has turned into.

frosbel:

Sickening to say the least.

I can understand adults fighting, but what about babies and young women.

The politicians have failed again.

Dude atleast Women can defend themselves, those babies and youngun's can't.Cowardice at it's best is what I call it.

Nigeria depicts everything wrong about scorching colonialism the British registered on the African continent. Anything short of erasing the marks of the infamous partition of Africa as it existed in the psychic of the narrow-minded colonist shall remain a classical joke. Nigeria must be disintegrated and the resultants could not be worse than the present configuration.

the daily mail is known throughout britain as being an anti immigration, racist newspaper - its readers are mainly narrow minded middle class english people who have a morbid and irrational hatred of foreigners, ever since i got to understand the power and agenda of the western media i always question the motives behind the stories they publish.

why has Jos which has been known for being a peaceful town where christians and muslims have lived peacefully alongside each other for years decided to implode at this point in time - i went to school in Jos and throughout the 4 years i was there i never experienced any form of inter ethnic conflict - so why now?

Also why is the west clamouring for the division of nigeria - what do they stand to gain from all of this

Are these inter ethnic conflicts being manipulated and controlled by external forces - why are people like Peter Oborne - a staunch right wing racist and supporter of the white racist farmers in Zimbabwe suddenly talking about Rwanda style genocide in Nigeria, i wish someone could provide answers to some of these questions.

The same One Nigerians who rail against secessionist ideas are first to register their chagrin at the goings on in Jos. Someone said he never imagined such things taking place in Naija. Where was he in 1966? It is becoming increasingly apparent that anything short of the complete balkanisation of North and South Nigeria at least will only propagate misery in the lives of denizens in the jungle called Nigger area.